Lemondaze – polari
Cambridge-based four-piece Lemondaze announce their new EP “subtext” with lead single “polari”, their first body of work since 2021’s “Celestial Bodies”. The band signed to Venn Records this year and recorded the EP across sessions in London and Brighton with producer and mixer Matt Glasbey, who’s worked with Alt-J and Sorry.
Vocalist and guitarist Isis de Chastelain wrote the lyrics after playing Green Man Festival in 2022. “It was the most magical time in the most beautiful place with my best friends,” she says. “The track itself has this nostalgic feeling to me, summer, getting drunk with your best friends, being young.” The song came together during a COVID quarantine when de Chastelain and bandmate Finn Fox spent four days playing Lego Batman and Halo 3, making Swedish meatballs, and writing what they initially called “eggs box 420”.
“polari” runs nearly five minutes, building tension through layered guitars and feedback-drenched shoegaze textures. De Chastelain’s vocals float over the mix while the band keeps instruments at the forefront. The song waits until the three-and-a-half-minute mark before its full crescendo hits.
Lemondaze consists of Isis de Chastelain, Rosie Heard-Edwards, Finn Fox, and Jonty Freeman. After playing ArcTanGent and supporting Ride, bdrmm, and deathcrash, they’re heading out on a UK headline tour in December, followed by a January show at London’s George Tavern. “subtext” drops December 5th via Venn Records.
Europe:
- October 30 – Old Blue Last, London, UK
- December 10 – Hope and Ruin (Downstairs), Brighton, UK
- December 11 – Gullivers, Manchester, UK
- December 12 – Cafe Kino, Bristol, UK
- December 13 – Dead Wax, Norwich, UK
- December 14 – Blue Moon, Cambridge, UK
- January 15, 2026 – The George Tavern, London, UK
